Registry Slideshow
View Bigger Slideshow See Top Rated ~ See Recently Added

Calendar of Events
Next 10 Events for May 18, 2012
May 19	Vancouver All-British Field Meet (ABFM) (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
May 26	Great Scot! British Car Show (Furman University, Greenville, SC USA)
May 26	Brits In The Village (Blue Mountain, Ontario, Canada)
May 26	Brits In The Village (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada)
May 30	British Car Week National Meet (Hot Springs, Arkansas USA)
Jun 02	Rendez Vous British Quebec (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada)
Jun 02	June Cruisin And The British Invasion (Pendleton, Oregon USA)
Jun 02	EuroBrit Auto & Bike Expo 2012 (Madison, Alabama USA)
Jun 03	British By The Sea (Waterford, CT USA)
Jun 03	14th Annual British Return To Fort Meigs (Perrysburg, OH USA)
Click here to add an event or View the full calendar

Welcome to The Mini Shrine

Welcome to The Mini Shrine "MiniShrine" — Your Online Mini Club
Get Started by exploring the Website Menu to the left.

MiniShrine Registry — 2 For Sale out of 85 total cars

Mini Cars For Sale by Model —

1 British Open Classics 1 MkIs

Sell your Car in our Free Car Classifieds
Sell your Used Parts in the Buy, Sell & Trade Forum

MiniShrine Forums — Got a question about repairing or restoring your Mini?

Click a topic below to join the discussions.

Updated	Subject - click to read	Posts	Author	Forum	Last Post
5d 12h 20m 21s	2014 Can Am Mini Challenge Race	3	Charlie Pollet	Motorsport	Charlie Pollet
May 8 20:02	Pictures Fixed! MG, Merkur, Anglia, MINI parts and cars.	1	ARDavis	Mini Buy & Sell	ARDavis
Apr 19 05:00	British Car Show Albuquerque, April 21	1	Mossback	Classic Mini	Mossback
Mar 31 00:17	Deleted	1	cheapairshoeschina	Classic Mini	admin
Mar 31 00:14	Deleted	1	cheapairshoeschina	The Pub	admin
Mar 17 14:28	WTB: Lucas 23D4 Distributor	1	onephat356	Mini Buy & Sell	onephat356
Mar 3 18:38	Missing numbers	5	beckman m	The Pub	beckman m
Feb 27 17:33	Classic British Cars - One Lady Owner (Video)	1	Skye	Classic Mini	Skye
Feb 7 11:58	News: BMW recalls MINI models owing to water-pump fault	3	Skye	Modern MINI	Skye
Jan 27 00:41	britax cooper replica	2	BATESPEED	The Pub	BATESPEED
Dec 28 18:49	1990 mini auto trans	1	vijayramzi	Classic Mini	vijayramzi
Dec 19 12:34	Badge engineering	1	Skye	The Pub	Skye
Dec 14 20:51	FS: Women's Mini Short Sleeve T Shirt New With Tag	1	foxandfish	Mini Buy & Sell	foxandfish
Dec 10 19:04	mini 1.3 automatic transmission	1	vijayramzi	Classic Mini	vijayramzi
Dec 1 14:27	Video: Mini Cooper Gymkhana	1	Skye	Classic Mini	Skye
Dec 1 10:34	1971 Mini Cooper S mkIII	1	555ttg	Mini Buy & Sell	555ttg
Nov 27 00:46	Video - Mini Spinner	1	Skye	The Pub	Skye

→ Want more? See the Big List of Recent Topics

Welcome to our Newest Members —

michael debono

Joe S

ian p

Brad R

Mini History in a Nutshell

August 1959: Introduction of the Austin Seven, Morris Mini-Minor and Morris Mini-Minor DL 2-door saloons, all with transversely mounted 848 cc engine and 4-speed manual gearbox.
1960: Introduction of the Austin Seven Countryman and Morris Mini-Minor Traveller 3-door estates, both with 848 cc engine from the saloon models.
1961: Introduction of the Austin Seven Super and Morris Mini-Minor Super 2-door saloons, as well as the Austin Mini Cooper and Morris Mini Cooper 2-door saloon, both with larger 997 cc 55 bhp (41 kW) engine.
January 1962: All former Austin Seven models now officially called Austin Mini.
March 1962: PVC seat covers replaced cloth upholstery on entry level model ("basic Mini").
1962: "De Luxe" and "Super" designations discontinued. "Super de Luxe" designation introduced. Modified instrument panel now included oil pressure and water temperature gauges.
March 1963: Introduction of the Austin Mini Cooper 1071 S and Morris Mini Cooper 1071 S 2-door saloons, both with larger 1071 cc 70 bhp (52 kW) engine.
1964: Introduction of the Mini Moke.
April 1964: Introduction of the Austin and Morris Mini-Cooper 998, Mini-Cooper 970 S and Mini-Cooper 1275 S. 1275 S models have 1275 cc 76 bhp (57 kW) engine. Automatic transmission available as an option for the 998 cc Austin Mini-Cooper 998 and 1275 S. Previous Mini-Cooper 997 and 1071 S models dropped.
October 1965: Automatic transmission now available as an option on standard Austin/Morris Mini and Morris Mini SDL.
October 1967: Mark 2 range launched with facelift and upgraded equipment. Austin Mini range as follows: 850, 1000, Cooper 998 and Cooper 1275 S 2-door saloons and 1000 Countryman 3-door estate. Morris Mini range as follows: 850, 850 SDL, 1000 SDL, Cooper 998 and Cooper 1275 S 2-door saloons and 1000 Traveller 3-door estate. Optional automatic transmission available on all Austin models (except 850) and Morris Mini 1000 SDL saloon.
September 1968: Manual four speed gear box with synchromesh on all four forward ratios introduced.
October 1969: Separate Austin and Morris badging now merged into Mini 850/Mini 1000 badging. Range reduced to: 850, 1000, Clubman, Cooper S and 1275 GT 2-door coupes and Clubman 3-door estate. Optional automatic transmission available on all except 1275 GT.

Website News

Thursday March 1, 2012: Improve site layout for visitors at 1024x768 screen resolution.
Monday February 20, 2012: Added new full-resolution Registry Slideshow
Monday February 20, 2012: Fancy new Registry slideshow block using jquery-cycle
Wednesday February 15, 2012: Static content now served from HTTP cache on 2nd web server for increased website performance
Saturday February 4, 2012: Site Navigation sidebar now floats on very long pages to make navigation easier, especially for Forum users.
Wednesday January 4, 2012: Happy New Year! Ran 2011 H2 Top Contributor stats for MGExp and TriumphExp, start work on ASN CMS 5.6
Friday December 30, 2011: Added vehicle type for non-car sites (Two Stroke Smoke, Land Rover) and started converting templates to use type description.
Wednesday December 14, 2011: Reduced thumbnail cache from 416 to 119 MB by stripping comments and profiles. Improved page load time by allowing browser cache for images.
Friday December 9, 2011: New Forum quoting tool automatically adds a link to the post you're replying to and improved looks.
Tuesday December 6, 2011: Front Page changes: Added vehicles for sale, new members, highlight TOC

Sponsored Links. You can hide this ad & support this site by upgrading to a Gold Membership ~ click here for more info.

Standards

This site is written to be W3C standards compliant and is tested with Safari 4, Firefox 3.6 and Internet Explorer 7 & 8 with a minimum screen size of 1024x768. If you encounter any display bugs, please send a screenshot and details of your Operating System and Web browser (please include version) to the webmaster.

Please note that IE6 is no longer supported and will not display this site correctly.

Legal Disclaimers

The author, Skye Nott (F4 Systems), believes to the best of his knowledge the information contained in this website to be correct, however no warranty is made as to its accuracy. F4 Systems disclaims any liability for financial loss, property damage or injury in connection with use of this information. Any trademarked names are property of their respective trademark holder and are used for identification purposes only. Portions of this website may be copyrighted by other individuals or organizations. The opinions published by members on this website including but not limited to the forums, library and journals do not necessarily state or reflect the views of F4 Systems. Publication on this website should not be considered an endorsement.

By using this site, you consent to our online privacy policy and abide by our terms & conditions.

About This Website

This site was re-launched in August 2010 by Skye Nott as the 9th site in The AutoShrine Network.
All design and content is © Skye Nott (F4 Systems) unless otherwise noted.

This website is not in any way connected with, or authorised by, Austin, Rover Group or BMW.